Naval Postgraduate School Annual Report 2011 “This Is a Special Place for Me
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Naval Postgraduate School Annual Report 2011 “THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME. AND IN MANY WAYS, IT’s COMING HOME. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL … PROUD OF ITS MISSION AND PROUD OF ITS DEDICATION TO PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY.” The Honorable Leon Panetta U.S. Secretary of Defense August 23, 2011 he mission of the Naval Postgraduate School is to provide high- Tquality, relevant and unique advanced education and research programs that increase the combat effectiveness of the Naval services, other Armed Forces of the U.S. and our partners, to enhance our national security. Annual Report 2011 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 3 AGILE TRANSFORMATIONAL COLLEGIAL RELEVANT 4 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 5 INNOVATIVE FLEXIBLE VALUED STRATEGIC 6 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 7 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE PROVOST’S MESSAGE Capturing the essence of the Naval Postgraduate Throughout my more than 30 years in academia, School with just a few powerful words on the I have held firm to a handful of invaluable truths introductory pages of this report is a challenging and guiding principles that are paramount to the task. And sensibly so, for I can think of no other execution of education at any collegiate level. place where the rigor and purpose of military culture have been so intimately intertwined with classic, Perhaps at the top of this list is the undeniable fact high-level academia. that your educational programs are only as powerful as the faculty who teach them. Regardless of subject, So many of our programs are educational offerings ultimately, it is our faculty who are the masters of unlike any others in the world. Our footprint in NPS’ deliverables. Critical educational programs operations research, for example, is historical, in national security’s most relevant fields, and significant, and easily one of the best in the world; cutting-edge research with direct application to fleet, our homeland security degrees were the first field and global security, are the hallmarks of our ever offered in the nation; and now our upcoming institution. But these invaluable efforts, that prove energy science, technology and policy programs will our worth every day, would be without substance and answer immediate needs for the Navy and Marine transformational power without the visionaries on Corps. But our efforts cannot be contained to our our Academic Quad who guide them. beautiful campus in Monterey, for our mission is far too important not to share this knowledge with our Another of these transcendent principles is that nation, and the world. your students are your best ambassadors. This is certainly true at every collegiate level, and ours is This past year was one of great accomplishment no exception. But the reasons our students tout and challenge, success and enduring effort – within our programs are rooted in the capabilities that we the pages of this publication live just a handful of provided them. Like any educational experience, it examples. They are stories of how the men and is not about the specific subject matter, but rather women of our institution persist with fervent drive the changes that being challenged make in the to succeed in their given missions of education and individuals overall. We are fortunate to have many research, and how the products of those efforts ambassadors expounding our worth, and they do so apply those successes beyond our institution, in the because their education at the Naval Postgraduate world. School prepared them to lead, and excel. That world is one where young men and women in And finally, one simple truth that crosses all uniform across every ocean and continent – through boundaries of profession, is that passion drives land, sea, air, space and cyberspace – passionately resolve. Regardless of where we make our impact, fight to protect the security and prosperity of our whether it is in leading the charge in cyber and nation, and their own nations. I cannot overstate efficient energy education and research, or building the value with which I hold our calling to educate nation capacity in our partners across the globe, our the future leadership of the defense establishment. students, faculty, researchers, staff and so many And I am proud to say this calling is the driving force others do so because it is their passion. behind all our singular successes, and individual efforts. Within this review of our 2011 calendar year, you will see examples of each of these – faculty who With this, I encourage you to read ahead … to command our education and research efforts with continue on, and learn more about the Naval an impressive collective resumé of scholarly clout; Postgraduate School and our challenges, successes and students both past and present who leave and hopes for the future. Learn more about the our campus in Monterey as changed individuals, individuals who have driven these efforts to succeed prepared to perform, lead and drive change. And in this past year, and the people who will be you will see with all of them a consistent resolute answering the calls of challenge in our coming years. commitment that can only come from the possession of passion for what you do. As those few words on the previous pages hope to illuminate, ours is indeed a unique institution, and At the Naval Postgraduate School, we are asked to one that is truly worth sharing with the world. do something quite significant – to create leaders of thought, and it is something we would not be able to accomplish without long standing principles of guidance and truth. Daniel T. Oliver, Dr. Leonard A. Ferrari, President Executive Vice President and Provost 8 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 9 rganizations of all size and scope, end of its current strategic plan in 2012, Oeven individuals for that matter, university President Dan Oliver recognized certainly know that you must have a plan a need to examine our future environment, to be successful. And like a detailed map to tap into the collective expertise of guiding a determined soul through a jungle key leadership throughout the university YOUR of peril and strife, that plan can only be and defense enterprise. With this, the useful if it is built upon a foundation of Committee on the Future was chartered. information – analyses and critical details about every facet of your environment, and Chaired by retired Rear Admiral Jerry Ellis MAP,SIR everything that has or will have an impact on and encompassing a diverse collection you now and into the future. of forward-thinking individuals from NPS, local DoD, higher education institutions Like all educational institutions that and business, the committee’s mandate undertake the affirmative process of was to develop that foundation of critical accreditation understand, only through information – to create a picture of the intricate detail and exhaustive examination future of national security, its trends and can an organization truly be prepared to needs, the intricate details that will allow progress into the future. In 2011, NPS the university to position itself to serve this completed its most recent reaccreditation, future. The committee charged forward, receiving for the second time in a row, the holding interviews with service chiefs full 10-year term. But as multifarious as and the chairman of the joint chiefs, flag reaccreditation is, in order to utilize it for officers of every rank, senior Pentagon effective strategic planning, this detailed officials, industry and academic leaders, institutional analysis requires an additional and so many others. investigation of the broader environment around it to complete the topography In the end, hundreds of pages of notes, necessary for truly seeing the future. interviews, analysis and detail were condensed into a single piece … a map, if The Naval Postgraduate School has long you will, of the Naval Postgraduate School’s recognized this. In fact, at NPS, strategic future environment. And with that map, the planning is more than institutional, it’s university will set upon its course in 2012, cultural. As the university approaches the honoring its culture of strategic planning. “In getting access to some of the senior-most leadership in the Department of Defense and other government agencies, we were able to hear their comments and thoughts, but we were also able to give them our thoughts and comments on the Naval Postgraduate School – what we are working on, what we see as important, and what we think we need to work on in the future.” Rear Adm. Jerry Ellis, (Ret.) NPS Undersea Warfare Chair Chair, Committee on the Future 10 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 NPS ANNUAL REPORT 11 ost universities determine their For a recent class project in one of his Mworth, in part, by the achievements early OR classes, Coté and fellow Marine of their students – the Naval Postgraduate Maj. Tom Dono applied a minimum cost- School is certainly no different. And judging maximum fl ow algorithm to the distribution our institution by these criteria puts us in of fi re fi ghting assets for the local Monterey very high regard, for our students have Fire Department, validating the cost- already been leading young men and women effective and response-effi cient dispersal across the services in efforts of critical of assets required for fi re protection across national security – signifi cant achievements much of the local area – something that before even stepping a foot upon campus. was well-received by local fi re offi cials. We can’t wait to see what his thesis will Over the course of this past year, there uncover. are a number of students who have made tremendous marks for themselves, and Coté is indicative of many NPS students, their services – academically, professionally whose character simply drives them to do and personally.